Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

Belgium, automobile manufacturing. SOCI?T? BELGE DES AUTOMOBILES CITRO?N, BRUXELLES. Bronze plaquette 62mm x 43mm. OBVERSE: An automobile assembly line. REVERSE: Inscription. Lightly cleaned. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14410-P8

 

France. L?HOMME ?TUDIANT LE VOL DES OISEAUX. By ?douard Fraisse (1880-1945). Bronze plaquette 77mm x 50mm. OBVERSE: A man studying birds in flight. REVERSE: A bird in flight with various flying machines in the background. $250. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021)

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SKU: 12421-P8

 

1931, France and colonies. INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL EXPOSITION. By Lucien Bazor. Bronze 68mm. OBVERSE: Marianne with three figures representing the French colonies. REVERSE: A plan of the exposition site. $250. Maier 330. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2019) ————– Lucien Bazor was born in 1889. He studied under Auguste Patey at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1923. Bazor succeeded Patey in the post of Engraver General at the Paris Mint, a post he held until 1958. He died in 1974.

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SKU: 14360-P8

 

France. RECONNAISSANCE. By Raoul B?nard (1881-1961. Grand Prix de Rome in 1922). Bronze plaquette 60mm x 90mm. OBVERSE: A standing female with festoons of flowers in each hand. REVERSE: A rectangular tablet with a fountain in the background. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 3 41/G. Cased. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14008-P8

 

1969, France. CERCLE FELIN DE PARIS. Unsigned. Bronze 50mm. Cased. Some insignificant spots and slight edge nicks on the reverse. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13959-KP

 

Undated (circa 1900), France. DUVAL JANVIER. By Alexandre Charpentier. Plaquette bronze 60mm x 53mm. Obv: A semi-nude male working a screw press. Rev: The obverse design repeated three times against an inscription. Art of the Medal 345. A couple of edge nicks on the reverse. $225. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2022)

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SKU: J1008-15326-1S

 

France. LE CHARMEUR. By Marie-Alexandre Coudray (1864-1932. Grand Prix de Rome, 1893). Bronze plaquette 47mm x 70mm. OBVERSE: A couple peering our of threes ata fairy playing a pipe. REVERSE: Two putti. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? 164/A. $275 ———- Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray was born in Paris on February 21. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts and was a student of Dumont, Thomas, Allouard and Ponscarme. In 1893 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving for Orph?e endort Cerb?re aux sons de sa lyre (Orpheus putting Cerebus to sleep by the sound of his lyre). Another portrait of Orpheus is Coudray?s most celebrated medallic work, 4,500 examples of which were struck by the Monnaie de Paris and sold at the Universal Exhibiion of 1900. In 1898 he won a first prize at the Salon and a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. Coudray died in 1932.

Price: $275.00

SKU: Q7194-15995-11T

 

France. R?DEMPTION. By Georges Dupr?. Bronze 74mm. OBVERSE: A man kneeling before the Virgin Mary, who holds up the infant Jesus. REVERSE: A nude youth standing before an open book and a crucifix on an outdoor altar. Cat. Gen. vol 3 167/C. Some slight edge nicks and other signs of handling. $120. —————-
George Dupr?, French sculptor and medalist was born at Saint-?tienne in 1869. He was descended from Augustin Dupr?, a medallist at the time of the French Revolution. He studied under Thomas and Roty. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1896. Dupr? suffered from a lifetime of poor health and died in 1909.

Price: $120.00

SKU: 30002-5C

 

1962, France, Italy. THE BREAK THROUGH OF THE MONT BLANC TUNNEL. Bronze 69mm, pierced in the center. OBVERSE: Females representing France and Italy embracing. REVERSE: Inscription. $90. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2018)

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SKU: Q7167-11G

 

1953, Great Britain/New Zealand/Nepal. THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST. Published in 1974 by the Britannia Commemorative Society Ltd. Silver 45mm, 39.6 grams. Obv: Busts of Sir John Hunt and Sir Edmund Hillary. Rev: Hillary at the summit of Everest. In its original clear plastic holder. Slight crack and slight scratches on the holder. Proof finish.$50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-8105

 

France. GIRAFES. By Maurice Thenot (1893-1963). Uniface bronze plaquette 51mm x 77mm. Obv: A family of giraffes. Catalogue Général Illustré   vol. 3 373/J. Golden finish. $250. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2020)

From Thénot’s series of plaquettes of African animals: Antilopes Impala, Antelopes Koudou, Buffle de Cafrerie, Combat d’Antilopes, Éléphant Solitaire, Girafes, Léopard, Lion et Lionne, Python, Rhinocéros.

François Maurice Thénot was born in 1893. He studied under Patey. He exhibited in the Salon des Artistes and won a bronze medal in 1927 and a silver medal in 1936. His medallic works include a fine series of plaquettes and medals depicting African animals. Thénot died in 1963.

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SKU: Q7784-15163-10R

 

1915, Belgium MARIE DEPAGE AND EDITH CAVELL. By A. Bonnetain. Bronze 60mm. Light handling and some small patches of discoloration. $80. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2019)

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SKU: 13835-KP

 

1901, Germany. 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF THE KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA. By A. Kr?ger. Bronze 53mm. OBVERSE: Conjoined busts of Wilhelm II and Friedrich I facing right. REVERSE: A seated figure of Minerva. Light handling. (The patina of this medal is more even and not as red as suggested by the pictures) $150. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2011).

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SKU: 13997-P8

 

1906, Germany. TELTON CANAL. By Torf. Bronze octagonal 56mm x 56mm. OBVERSE: Almost facing bust of Wilhelm II. REVERSE: Two river nymphs supporting a picture of a lock. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14355-P8

 

Great Britain. COLONEL CHARLES HERRIES. By W. Bain. AE 50mm. OBVERSE: Head of Colonel Herries facing left. REVERSE: A helmet and Fasces. BHM 980 RRRR. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13546-P8